Premier Kathleen Wynne is meeting Ontario’s gambling czars to get some “clarity” on casino expansion and the lottery sell-off.

Wynne’s conversation Wednesday with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s chair Paul Godfrey and CEO Rod Phillips comes after the agency upped the ante to lure potential operators of its $1.3-billion a year lottery business.

It will now pay up to $650,000 of prospective lotto owners’ costs in making a bid and cover $100,000 of fees to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario — the gambling regulator — for investigating them to ensure they are legitimate operators.

Wynne said Tuesday she wants an “update” from OLG officials on the lottery and on apparent confusion surrounding the status of a Toronto casino.

“The private sector is going to decide whether they want to work with OLG or not, whether they’re interested in what the modernization program is bringing forward,” Wynne told reporters after touring a Queen Street West venture capital firm.

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